The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-01-20

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Thursday, three days before, on business con-
nected with the Signal Bureau. While he had
not been in good health for some months, his
condition of late had been much improved, and
he was in good spirits and confident of COM
| pete restoration.
He attended the Diplomatic reception at the
| White House Thursday evening. He took cold,
and on Friday kept his room most of the day.
! Saturday he felt better, and said that he ex-
peCted TO be able to return to duty on Monday.
| At an early hour Sunday morning he was found
to be much worse. and his physician and those
of his relatives who were in the city were sum-
moned TO his bedside. He remained in coma
tose condition during the day and
BREATHED HIS LAST
at about o'clock in the evening. His wife,
who is a daughter of Washington Mclean, of
Cincinnati, and sister of JohnR. Mclean. ofthe
Cincinnati Enquirer, is in France. With him
when he died were Mrs. Washington Mclean
| and Mrs. Bugher, his sister-in-law; Capt.
Greedy, who had been with him during the
entire day Lieut.. Thompson and Drs. Hun
| tingtOn, Harvey and Lincoln, the attending
and consulting physicians
Information Of Gen. Hazen's death was
conveyed Immediately by DR.. Huntington
| and Capt. Greedy to the Secretary of War,
President. To Gen. Hazen's personal friends
| the news was great shock, as no one had ap-
pretended fatal termination of his prostra-
| ton.
Ancestors Of Gen. Hazen lived in Connecti-
| cut, fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill, and
served with distinction through the Revolution
airy war. Born at West Hartford, VT, Sept.
"a, 1890 he was taken at the age of three by his
| parents to Hiram, o., and brought up on farm.
Educated at West Point, where ne was gradu-
ated in 1855, he became n Second Lieutenant of
the 4th u. s. Inf. aud saw his first service on
the Pacific Coast fighting Indians in Oregon.
| Then he was transferred to Texas and won re-
peated praise from the War Department for the
| vigor and success with which he hunted AbOrig-
| inal marauders there and in New Mexico.
Further evidence OF his soldierly qualities was
afforded by a wound received in 1859 while in
conflict with the Comanehes. For CALAMITY
4 he was promoted to Gptaincy in the sth Inf.
i in May, 1861.
In February of that year he had been assigned
toduty as Assistant Professor of Military Tactics
at the West Point Academy; but in September
he was granted leave Of absence TO take COM
mand Of
THE 4lsr OHIO.
This regiment was attached to Gen. Nelson's
Brigade in Buelrs army, and early in the fol-
lowing year was sent into Tennessee In Febru-
airy, 1852, Col. Hazen was appointed Brigadier-
General of Volunteers, although he was not
confirmed TO that rank until November. At
Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, he was holly
engaged. Personal enemies afterward ques-
toned his courage on this occasion, but Gen.
Nelson said in his official report:
Col. Hazen. commanding the right brigade Of my
division, carried IL into action and maintained 10
there most calamity. The heavy loss of his bril-
gade attests the ferceness of the conflict at that
point. He drove the enemy and captured the bat
terry which distressed Us, but was forced back on
his reserves. To Col. Hazen, commanding the
Nineteenth Brigade, beg to invite the Generals
, | lBuellsl attention. The galantry with which he
led his troops TO the attack was most conspicuous,
and he handled them ably. The loss Of this diyis-
ion. regret to inform you. Is heavy
total OF 7o9, more than half NEARLY two-thrds),
of which occurred in HRzen's brigade.
charge Of the Nineteenth Brigade led by its COM
mander, Col. Hazen reached the enemy's second
battery; but the brigade sustained heavy loss
/ from the enemy's artillery, and was unable to
D maintain disadvantage. Iioin cor
= disy in the concentrations here made OF officers
by their commanders
After operating near Corinth and in Northern
a Alabama, Gen. Hazen was placed in command
! at Murfreesboro, Tenn, and in the skirmishes
with Bragg's army in that State and Kentucky
, in the next few months he took an active part
q Hazen's Brigade was conspicuous for its gal
q lantry and steadiness at Stone River Dec. 81
1852. 1t was the only brigade in Rosecrans:
army that held its position through tho day
successfully meeting the fierce and
o REPEATED ASSAULTS OF THE ENEMY.
. It cannot DO questioned that Gen. Hazent
, skill aud courage contributed in no small de
gree TO the retrieving Of the disaster of tn,
). morning.
: IN August. 1863, his command and thre,
other brigades were posted on the Tennessee.
t River, just above Chattanooga. In the battl,
Of Chickamauga Hazsn exhibited the sam,
dash and fierceness that had marked his pre-
vious service. He was in the van in the frs
days attack, and in the disaster of the SECOND
: day he held his ground with the utmost stub
= bornness. In the magnificent victory at Mis-
|, sion Ridge, few weeks later. Gen. Hazen tool
. a brilliant part his brigade being among tn,
,, first to reach the crest Of Mission Ridge cap
Z turing Is pieces Of artillery. He then assisted
= in sweeping the fragments OF Bragg's army
. from that summit. Gen. Hazen aided in tn,
:, relief OF Knoxville, which was threatened BY
. Longstreet Immediately aflerward.
II In the Atlanta campaign of 1864 he was fire.
= quently engaged. Ho fought at Rocky Fac,
: Ridge, Resaca and other points, and led the ad
D vance at Picketts Mills. In this engagement
he lost 500 men, SO hot was the battle. He wa
. given command Of the Second Division, Fiji
% teenth Corps, on August IL. He accompanies
= Sherman through Georgia and captured For
y McAllister, near SayannAh, in a particularly
" handsome manner. For this achievement h
~ was made Major of Volunteers an,
. placed In
. | COMMAND OF THE FIFTEENTH CORPS.
J. When Sherman, early in 1865, pushed north
\ ward, Gen. Hazen had considerable fighting il
% the Carolinas; and Ut the close of the war h
was stationed at Louisville.
When the Regular Army was recognized il
1866, Gen. HaZen was made Colonel of the 3Stl
Inf, and in 1869 was transferred to the 9th I'M
y During the Franco Prussian war (1870I71
In Gen. Hazen visited the seat of war, and on hi
le return he wrote n book on the French and Ger
Of man armies. Again, in 1877, having been sen
ID TO Vienna by President Hayes as an attache O
70 the American Legation, he observed with spc
III cial interest the Russo Turkish operations o
Is that year. Between these two trips abroad b
Of was stationed with his regiment at Fort Buford
10 Oak. and il was at this time that, through
70 letter 10 Gen. Garfield, he made an exposure o
III frauds in the conduct of post traders. Thi
is course exposed him to much criticism, and il
Ii the ensuing controversies Gen. Hazen's enc
lt mics revived old stories rejecting on his con
is duet at Pittsburg Landing, which, however
s. were effectively answered by official records.